Australia

Reservoir’s 34-year-old man was charged Monday with 10 felonies, including harassment, robbery and weapons and entry offenses. Last Wednesday, police raided his home on Hickford Street with an order related to the alleged thefts. Most of the items found were women’s underwear, while there were also some active women’s clothing. Police are continuing to investigate …

An alleged underwear thief was charged after finding thousands of items in a raid Read More »

More than 160 residential care centers for the elderly in Queensland are dealing with active outbreaks of COVID-19, and the third wave of Omicron threatens to hit harder than the January peak. Key points: The last two weeks of July and the whole of August are expected to be “periods of high risk for care …

Outbreaks of COVID-19 could affect two-thirds of Queensland’s elderly care facilities in the third wave of Omicron Read More »

Farmers are urging Bali travelers to throw on their thongs before arriving in Australia, to help stop the highly contagious foot-and-mouth disease. The president of the national federation of farmers, Fiona Simson, said travelers who buy a new pair of shoes after the holidays will do a national service. Ms Simson said people who throw …

Bali foot-and-mouth disease: Australian says thongs should be made to help stop communicable diseases Read More »

In 2018, Hobart’s fairgrounds were placed at the center of Tasmania’s housing crisis, as people who had nowhere else to turn camped all over the place. Key points: The State Government has held the first meeting of a new group tasked with finding housing solutions It’s an idea similar to the 2018 housing summit that …

It was an unprecedented housing crisis that called for an urgent summit, now four years later, is worse. Read More »

Jasper Lindell joined the Times in 2018. He is a reporter for the Legislative Assembly, covering ACT politics and government. He also writes on development, heritage, local history, literature and the arts, as well as collaborating with the Times Panorama magazine on Saturdays. He was previously a reporter for the Sunday Canberra Times. Jasper Lindell …

Five intersections in southern Canberra will be improved on ACT’s latest budget road commitment Read More »

The days of wild weather on the Sydney coast after months of bad conditions have severely eroded meters of major beaches. But it could get worse as the strong weather continues and another possible La Niña event throughout the year. On Monday night, a lifeguard hut in North Cronulla was relocated after the erosion had …

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When the sunken shipwreck of a ship torpedoed by the Japanese 80 years ago was found in the Bass Strait, it not only gave Bill Stewart comfort in knowing his father’s final resting place, but it would lead to an emotional reunion. with his lost sister. Key points: Bill and Beryl were orphaned when their …

Brothers Bill and Beryl lost each other for almost 80 years. The discovery of a World War II shipwreck changed that Read More »

Eleven private schools in Australia have been accused by human rights lawyers of exposing students to possible discrimination, after enrollment forms demanded that future families support beliefs denouncing homosexuality and gender identity. Key points: A sample version of the contract says that families must support the CCM Declaration of Faith Education Minister Grace Grace said …

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Two people who were in close contact with a horse infected with the Hendra virus in Mackay, North Queensland, will receive antibody therapy for “compassionate” reasons, with the aim of preventing them from developing the deadly disease. Key points: The Hendra virus was identified in 1994 in the suburb of Hendra, north of Brisbane Mackay’s …

I hope Hendra virus antibody therapy will stop the development of deadly diseases in two humans exposed to infected horses Read More »

A man and a woman are expected to face off in court after verbally abusing a mobile camera operator in west Melbourne. The incident is the latest in a series of attacks targeting speed camera vehicles and Victoria operators. Police said a man approached the car from the traffic camera parked on Exford Road, Melton …

Plenty of attacks with mobile speed cameras in Melbourne Read More »